James D. Bissell
Art
Biography
Jim Bissell is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a BFA in Theater. After working in New York and L.A. on commercials and low budget features, he won an Emmy Award in 1980 for his work on Palmerstown, U.S.A. followed by a BAFTA nomination for production design on Steven Spielberg's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. He was the original chair for the Art Directors Guild Awards as well as a former Vice President of the Guild. He has taught at AFI, USC, UCLA extension and the NC School of the Arts and is a member of the DGA, ADG, and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
As actor 5
On the crew 45
The Bad Guys
2022
50 First Dates
2004
Amazing Stories
1985
Jack Reacher
2012
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
2015
The Lost City
2022
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
2011
The Ring Two
2005
The 6th Day
2000
The Monuments Men
2014
The Midnight Sky
2020
300
2007
Dennis the Menace
1993
Skyscraper
2018
Cats & Dogs
2001
The Spiderwick Chronicles
2008
Twins
1988
Harry and the Hendersons
1987
The Boy Who Could Fly
1986
The Rocketeer
1991
Hollywood Homicide
2003
Jumanji
1995
Someone to Watch Over Me
1987
Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983
Hidden
2015
Good Night, and Good Luck.
2005
Suburbicon
2017
Velvet Buzzsaw
2019
The Last Starfighter
1984
The Falcon and the Snowman
1985
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
2002
Blue Chips
1994
Always
1989
Tin Cup
1996
My Fellow Americans
1996
Arachnophobia
1990
Leatherheads
2008
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
1979
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
1979
The Pickle
1993
Anatomy of a Seduction
1979
Valentine
1979
Leon's Case
1982
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
1981